Το 43% των ομοφυλόφιλων μαθητών στα ιταλικά σχολεία
έχει πέσει θύμα διακρίσεων λόγω της σεξουαλικής τους ταυτότητας, αναφέρει
έρευνα της οργάνωσης υπέρ των δικαιωμάτων των ομοφυλόφιλων και για την
καταγγελία της καταστρατήγησής τους Gay
Center.
Ένα 37% των ομοφυλόφιλων κοριτσιών έχει υποστεί διακρίσεις και πιέσεις στον οικογενειακό του χώρο, σύμφωνα με την έρευνα. Το 33% όσων ερωτήθηκαν είπε ότι δέχθηκε φραστικές ή άλλου είδους επιθέσεις σε καφέ μπαρ και μαγαζιά όπου είχε μεταβεί για να πιει ένα ποτό με φίλους.
Fabrizio
Marrazzo, spokesman for the Rome Gay
Center, said that about 20,000 Italian youth reach out to the center each
year for help.
Ένα 37% των ομοφυλόφιλων κοριτσιών έχει υποστεί διακρίσεις και πιέσεις στον οικογενειακό του χώρο, σύμφωνα με την έρευνα. Το 33% όσων ερωτήθηκαν είπε ότι δέχθηκε φραστικές ή άλλου είδους επιθέσεις σε καφέ μπαρ και μαγαζιά όπου είχε μεταβεί για να πιει ένα ποτό με φίλους.
The
discriminatory environment most frequently mentioned by participants (49
percent) interviewed were schools, followed by family (42 percent), bars and
clubs (33 percent) and media and Internet (30 percent.) Interestingly, while 43
percent of the gay men surveyed cited school as the most common place they
encountered discrimination, a greater number of lesbian women (37 percent) said
they were more likely to encounter homophobia in their family. But as a whole,
gay and bisexual men as well as transgender people cited more instances of
discrimination than lesbian or bisexual women. Furthermore, students seemed
acutely aware of the difficulties encountered by LGBT people: 55 percent of
students interviewed believe that gay and lesbians are discriminated against in
Italy.
As for the
portion of the study which focused on stereotypes, 40 percent of the students
interviewed believe that gay men have certain characteristics that distinguish
them from the rest of society, compared to just 22 percent for lesbian women.
Regarding gay men, students mostly identified effeminate manners (32.4 percent)
and characteristics tied to appearance (clothing style, amount of attention
given to appearance and voice). Instead, LGBT individuals referred to more
negative stereotypes, aside from the effeminate demeanor, that tied more to
their character (promiscuity, disease, passivity.) Meanwhile, when it came to
women, a presumed “masculinity” is cited by both students and those belonging
to the LGBT community.
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"This number
is a phenomenon and very upsetting," said Marrazzo. "On average
only one in ten incidents of homophobia gets reported to Italian police for
fear that reporting the incident leads to further discrimination."
Marrazzo also
added that it's not just the students who are homophobic.
"Teachers
are also the bullies many times and often go unpunished," he said.
